MOST POPULAR ACTOR

Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 497, 20 July 1932, Page 5

MOST POPULAR ACTOR

HOLLYWOOD SIDELIGHTS “Contrary to the general opinion, fully -one-third of the actors and actresses in the cinema world ol Hollywood are English or of English descent, and if a vote were taken as to the most finished actor on the American screen today the verdict would undoubtedly be for George Ar. liss,” said a personality of Hollywicod, Dr. A. L. Lewis, who arrived at Auckland on,the Mariposa yester. day. Dr. Lewis is the proprietor of a chain of commercial schools and president of the Hollywood City Club.

Dr. Lewis said 2,000 pupils a year attend his schools, and quite a number have graduated to world fame in the films. Among those who took courses at Hollywood were Janet Gaynor, Lita Grey (Charlie Chaplin’s former wife), and Jcbyna Ralston, who for four years was Harold Lloyd’s leading lady.

Dr. Lewis spoke of the great gatherings in (ho Hollywood Bowl, an amphitheatre, controlled by the municipality,, which is capable of accommodating enormens crowds. He said there were often attendances of 10,000 to listen to orchestral performances and concerts in the summer. The most impressive assembly was that which attended the Easter services, which took place at sun rise. As many ns 50,000 people had been present, and they arrived in the small hf urs of the morning to secure favoured positions.